Things we're reading today include … Lord Lawson baffled by bank auditors - Financial Times Full steam ahead for QE2 says Fed - BBC Mobile Payments in 2011 - Payments News Facebook move lucrative for Goldman - Financial Times Investment bank lending doubles to $2.6 trillion - The Telegraph City traders fear threat of political agendas - Financial Times Too-Big-to-Fail Banks May Face New EU Limits - Business…
Things we're reading today include … Facebook coup to hand Goldman float role - The Telegraph Confidence returns to Britain's finance chiefs - The Independent FSA left with £6.6m in unpaid fines as record year - The Telegraph BoA pays $2.6bn to settle claims - BBC Banks plead for guidance on bonuses set to total £7bn - The Telegraph Estonia becomes latest euro state - BBC Euro…
Things we're reading today include … Citigroup warns of fresh wave of bank failures in Europe - The Telegraph European debt crisis 2010: in pictures - The Telegraph Wall Street poised for earnings hit - Financial Times Paul Fisher interview: Bank of England markets chief on interest rates, more QE, and threats from abroad - The Telegraph ‘Grotesque’ Basel Rules May Kill Danish…
Things we're reading today include … Deutsche Bank in $554m tax fine - BBC Citigroup fears fresh wave of sovereign defaults and bank failures in eurozone - The Telegraph Government no longer sure what 'victory' it wants on bonuses - The Telegraph Marks & Spencer, HSBC May Open Banks - Business Week Banks Best Basel as Regulators Dilute or Delay Capital Rules - Business Week…
Things we're reading today include … George Osborne's showdown with the banks delayed by bad weather - The Telegraph Lloyds and RBS escaped £3.9bn toxic fees - The Telegraph New bank bonus rules 'a big change' - BBC RBS in talks to pay cash bonuses of up to £50,000 - The Independent How investment banks shape up after crisis - Financial Times FSA fines hit…
Things we're reading today include … Major US bank cuts off Wikileaks - BBC Auditors to be sent to the front line of financial system defence - The Independent HSBC ex-chief Michael Geoghegan relaxes as another marathon looms - The Telegraph Barclays' Bob Diamond to start chief executive role three months early - The Telegraph Lloyds chief promises 'greater transparency' - The Telegraph Cable: Banks…
Our biggest stories of the week are … Is there any competition in banking? So along I go to the Independent Commission on Banking’s (ICB) Hearing this week on bank competition and financial inclusion. For those unfamiliar with the ICB, they are the idea of the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, who asked the…
Things we're reading today include … EU agrees on eurozone rescue fund - BBC Card fee cut hits Visa and MasterCard - Financial Times EU Crafts Post-2013 Policies Amid Debt Crisis - Business Week UK banks 'at risk from eurozone' - BBC FSA on collision course with Government over new pay code - The Telegraph FSA Meets With Banks to Identify Who Is Covered by…
Things we're reading today include … Financial services' tax bill tumbles - Financial Times To secure Britain's future, we need at least four more good years - The Telegraph Germany Opposes Bailout Boost in ECB Face-Off - Business Week 'Helpful' NatWest ad banned over Saturday claims - BBC Japanese brokers aim for quickest trading speed - Financial Times FSA's Lord Turner offers to produce new…
Things we're reading today include … Tyrie attacks FSA over RBS - The Independent The FSA has put the RBS board in an impossible position - The Telegraph Taxpayers likely to break even on bank bailout, says watchdog - The Independent Did the Independent Commission on Banking's public debates achieve anything? - The Telegraph FSA to ask RBS for permission to release collapse…
